Trying to change to new system drive: hal.dll error

My C: drive (WD 80 Gig SATA) is getting crowded so I bought a new Seagate
SATA 500. I partitioned it into two partitions, the smaller 160 Gig to be
my new system drive. I have cloned the old drive to the new drive first
using Ghost 9 then XXCLONE both of which resulted in the hal.dll error after
I shut down, pulled the data cable from the old drive and rebooted. Have
also tried it using Ghost full backup. Same result. Talking to computer
savvy friends confirm that this is common, but no one has come up with a fix
yet.

Help! Please!

I've not used either of those apps, but I've cloned systems using Acronis
with no problems
BTW Theres little advantage in partitioning a single HD & using one
partition as the Sys. If the hd goes bad you still lose all.

"Tim Hurley" <tim.hurley@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ObnRZxr3IHA.1436@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> My C: drive (WD 80 Gig SATA) is getting crowded so I bought a new Seagate
> SATA 500. I partitioned it into two partitions, the smaller 160 Gig to be
> my new system drive. I have cloned the old drive to the new drive first
> using Ghost 9 then XXCLONE both of which resulted in the hal.dll error
> after
> I shut down, pulled the data cable from the old drive and rebooted. Have
> also tried it using Ghost full backup. Same result. Talking to computer
> savvy friends confirm that this is common, but no one has come up with a
> fix
> yet.
>
> Help! Please!
>

Many thanks for the reply. I think that failure with both of the
heavy--weight cloning programs that I used pretty much rules out cloning
alone as a solution. There is a problem, I'm told, with XP. This situation
is courtesy of Microsoft. I don't know what people are expected to do if
thier C: drive crashes. They can't copy a backup to their new replacement
drive.

Thanks again for your effort.

"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
news:%23twDKSs3IHA.1428@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> I've not used either of those apps, but I've cloned systems using Acronis
> with no problems
> BTW Theres little advantage in partitioning a single HD & using one
> partition as the Sys. If the hd goes bad you still lose all.
>
> "Tim Hurley" <tim.hurley@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:ObnRZxr3IHA.1436@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> My C: drive (WD 80 Gig SATA) is getting crowded so I bought a new Seagate
>> SATA 500. I partitioned it into two partitions, the smaller 160 Gig to
>> be
>> my new system drive. I have cloned the old drive to the new drive first
>> using Ghost 9 then XXCLONE both of which resulted in the hal.dll error
>> after
>> I shut down, pulled the data cable from the old drive and rebooted. Have
>> also tried it using Ghost full backup. Same result. Talking to computer
>> savvy friends confirm that this is common, but no one has come up with a
>> fix
>> yet.
>>
>> Help! Please!
>>
>
>

To repeat, I've used Acronis TI to clone winxp systems with no
problems.(numerous times)
If you have a problem its not within winxp, but within your system.
If memory is slightly iffy this will allmost certainly cause clone problems

"Tim Hurley" <tim.hurley@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:OkLot8x3IHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Many thanks for the reply. I think that failure with both of the
> heavy--weight cloning programs that I used pretty much rules out cloning
> alone as a solution. There is a problem, I'm told, with XP. This
> situation is courtesy of Microsoft. I don't know what people are expected
> to do if thier C: drive crashes. They can't copy a backup to their new
> replacement drive.
>
> Thanks again for your effort.
>
> "DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
> news:%23twDKSs3IHA.1428@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> I've not used either of those apps, but I've cloned systems using Acronis
>> with no problems
>> BTW Theres little advantage in partitioning a single HD & using one
>> partition as the Sys. If the hd goes bad you still lose all.
>>
>> "Tim Hurley" <tim.hurley@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:ObnRZxr3IHA.1436@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> My C: drive (WD 80 Gig SATA) is getting crowded so I bought a new
>>> Seagate
>>> SATA 500. I partitioned it into two partitions, the smaller 160 Gig to
>>> be
>>> my new system drive. I have cloned the old drive to the new drive first
>>> using Ghost 9 then XXCLONE both of which resulted in the hal.dll error
>>> after
>>> I shut down, pulled the data cable from the old drive and rebooted.
>>> Have
>>> also tried it using Ghost full backup. Same result. Talking to
>>> computer
>>> savvy friends confirm that this is common, but no one has come up with a
>>> fix
>>> yet.
>>>
>>> Help! Please!
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

O.K, I'm not that stubborn. Have downloaded trial copy of Acronis TI and was
impressed that it was a DOS program for a change. Same result though. Any
suggestions as to where I can go from here?

"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
news:uqcvKA13IHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> To repeat, I've used Acronis TI to clone winxp systems with no
> problems.(numerous times)
> If you have a problem its not within winxp, but within your system.
> If memory is slightly iffy this will allmost certainly cause clone
> problems
>
> "Tim Hurley" <tim.hurley@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:OkLot8x3IHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Many thanks for the reply. I think that failure with both of the
>> heavy--weight cloning programs that I used pretty much rules out cloning
>> alone as a solution. There is a problem, I'm told, with XP. This
>> situation is courtesy of Microsoft. I don't know what people are
>> expected to do if thier C: drive crashes. They can't copy a backup to
>> their new replacement drive.
>>
>> Thanks again for your effort.
>>
>> "DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
>> news:%23twDKSs3IHA.1428@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> I've not used either of those apps, but I've cloned systems using
>>> Acronis with no problems
>>> BTW Theres little advantage in partitioning a single HD & using one
>>> partition as the Sys. If the hd goes bad you still lose all.
>>>
>>> "Tim Hurley" <tim.hurley@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:ObnRZxr3IHA.1436@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> My C: drive (WD 80 Gig SATA) is getting crowded so I bought a new
>>>> Seagate
>>>> SATA 500. I partitioned it into two partitions, the smaller 160 Gig to
>>>> be
>>>> my new system drive. I have cloned the old drive to the new drive
>>>> first
>>>> using Ghost 9 then XXCLONE both of which resulted in the hal.dll error
>>>> after
>>>> I shut down, pulled the data cable from the old drive and rebooted.
>>>> Have
>>>> also tried it using Ghost full backup. Same result. Talking to
>>>> computer
>>>> savvy friends confirm that this is common, but no one has come up with
>>>> a fix
>>>> yet.
>>>>
>>>> Help! Please!
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Test your memory
www.memtest.org

"Tim Hurley" <tim.hurley@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ukTI3v73IHA.3384@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> O.K, I'm not that stubborn. Have downloaded trial copy of Acronis TI and
> was impressed that it was a DOS program for a change. Same result though.
> Any suggestions as to where I can go from here?
>
> "DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
> news:uqcvKA13IHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> To repeat, I've used Acronis TI to clone winxp systems with no
>> problems.(numerous times)
>> If you have a problem its not within winxp, but within your system.
>> If memory is slightly iffy this will allmost certainly cause clone
>> problems
>>
>> "Tim Hurley" <tim.hurley@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:OkLot8x3IHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Many thanks for the reply. I think that failure with both of the
>>> heavy--weight cloning programs that I used pretty much rules out cloning
>>> alone as a solution. There is a problem, I'm told, with XP. This
>>> situation is courtesy of Microsoft. I don't know what people are
>>> expected to do if thier C: drive crashes. They can't copy a backup to
>>> their new replacement drive.
>>>
>>> Thanks again for your effort.
>>>
>>> "DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:%23twDKSs3IHA.1428@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> I've not used either of those apps, but I've cloned systems using
>>>> Acronis with no problems
>>>> BTW Theres little advantage in partitioning a single HD & using one
>>>> partition as the Sys. If the hd goes bad you still lose all.
>>>>
>>>> "Tim Hurley" <tim.hurley@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:ObnRZxr3IHA.1436@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> My C: drive (WD 80 Gig SATA) is getting crowded so I bought a new
>>>>> Seagate
>>>>> SATA 500. I partitioned it into two partitions, the smaller 160 Gig
>>>>> to be
>>>>> my new system drive. I have cloned the old drive to the new drive
>>>>> first
>>>>> using Ghost 9 then XXCLONE both of which resulted in the hal.dll error
>>>>> after
>>>>> I shut down, pulled the data cable from the old drive and rebooted.
>>>>> Have
>>>>> also tried it using Ghost full backup. Same result. Talking to
>>>>> computer
>>>>> savvy friends confirm that this is common, but no one has come up with
>>>>> a fix
>>>>> yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Help! Please!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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